India News | WB Govt to Pay Compensation to Families of Fire Incident Victims in Delhi: Mamata

Kolkata, Apr 1 (PTI) The West Bengal government will pay a compensation of Rs 2 lakh to the family members of three persons who were killed in a fire incident in New Delhi, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Saturday.

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These three persons hailed from West Bengal.

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Banerjee extended her condolences to the bereaved family members.

"In an extremely tragic fire incident in Delhi, we lost 3 precious lives from Malda & 1 from Uttar Dinajpur. I offer my heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families. Along with a compensation of Rs 2 lakh, all kinds of support will be extended to the families of the victims," Banerjee tweeted.

They died when the fire broke out in a house where they lived as tenants in Delhi's Shastri Park area.

Condoling the deaths, Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP said in a tweet: “Couple of them were working as rickshaw pullers in Delhi as there's a scarcity of means to earn livelihood in WB.”

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